This is good news, but of course it might not protect people from a mutated virus.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_on_he_me/china_bird_flu_vaccine
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Scientists tell us that it is just a matter of time before some virus mutates into pandemic. Such a world wide disease might be mild or severe. H5N1 has a good chance of mutating so it can be passed from human to human. So preparation is wise. The goal is to stay alive a few months until a vaccine arrives. Infor here:
Links
- ABC Overview of all issues
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- World News Network
- poultry news
- History of Past Pandemics
- Stories and annecdotes 1918
- A large collection of Bird Flu Blogs Around the World
- description of how Flu infects
- Pretty detailed article on how flu transmitted
- Cytokine Storm-your immune system kills you
- Pandemic Reference Guide with good links
- Government Reference Guide
- Center for Disease Control
- data base of infections
- NPR Bird Flu Site
- Overview of Fatalities
- Bird Flu Bulletin Board-A worldwide Discussion
- another bulletin board discussion
- Stockpiling List
- Oprah's Bird Flu site
- Best of the BF selected by a team of readers
- An excellent Bird Flu Blog with great info easy to access in categories menu/left column
- Another excellent Bird Flu Blog
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You are exactly right. It WILL NOT protect people from a mutated version of the H5N1 virus.
In that case, these vaccines can only mislead every one in to a sense of security, as well as resulting in a wastage of badly needed resources
H5N1 is a Bird Flu virus, which is NOT supposed to be killing people.
The new vaccines could well help with the current H5N1 strain, but if the virus mutates in to a human virus, as it did back in 1918, the above mentioned vaccines will not provide any protection against the new strain.
As of today, 143 humans have died of this virus, (that we know of) which is well over 50% of all those who were infected by it.
What is more, the H5N1 virus is now growing at twice the rate of its growth during the last year!
We have today added the "Progress on vaccine" entry of your blog to The-Best-Bird-Flu-Blogs section of our site.
Hope that you will remain interested in the progress of this potentially devastating virus and that we will have more postings from you.
The-Best-Bird-Flu-Blogs team.
www.birdflubreakingnews.com
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the The-Best-Bird-Flu-Blogs team hates good news en only believes in doom. Anyone who is not a believer of the full doom-scenario receives a burst-your-bubble-warning.
Well, I am not certain my mind is in anybody's bubble.
I am not certain how much help exposure to a vaccine against a similar virus might help. One speculation as to why in 1918 older folks did not die in such high and lived through similar flus and so had some immunity. it really can't be evaluated until the mutant arises and we see how close it is to the one we know now. I also don't know what the Chinese plan to do with this vaccine, but if it stopped some people from dying when they caught it from chickens that would be helpful and perhaps limit the number of host available for mutation.
As for wasting resources, I guess if China has time to buy up our debt everyday so we can continue to buy their goods, they have enough to invest a little in preparing for Bird Flu even if the process is not efficient. It sure beats their initial handling of SARS. Had SARS been mutated H5N1 and the lid kept on for all those months, we would have already had pandemic. They moved way too slowly.
I'd much rather we spent a few dollars chasing vaccine possibilities rather than wallowing in Iraq. In fact, I'd be happy if in America we started making any vaccines so the facilities were up and running to make what we need in case other countries don't feel like watching their own people die while they sell us vaccine.
That being said, I'm happy to see this Blog read by someone. Most of my family and friends think it is all nuts.
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